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Pirates sites earn more than a billion dollars in revenue per year, while pirate apps are good for another quarter. Part of the money comes from big brands such as Amazon, Facebook and Google. While Amazon appears to take the problem seriously, the report sees plenty of room for improvement at Google's end. Major brands fund 4% of all ads on pirate sites, for apps this percentage goes up to 24%. Google paid millions of dollars to pirate operators over the past year, according to the report. The report stresses that Amazon and Facebook spend more ‘pirate’ ads.